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Attacks on workers and environment more proof MCA terminally out of touch

Press release – 10 January, 2018January 11, 2018: Calls by the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) to hobble workers’ rights and strip environmental protections are a reminder of why the lobby group is being abandoned by their own members.The MCA have today made a pre-budget submission to Federal Treasurer, Scott Morrison, calling for environmental approval…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

January 9, 2018

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Fossil Fuels, Climate and Energy, Climate Impacts, Great Barrier Reef, Scott Reef, Western Australia, NSW, Pacific Islands, Scott Morrison, Peter Dutton

Stop laughing! There’s nothing funny about climate change

NERO NEVER FIDDLED while Rome burned. It is a popular myth, but it’s simply not true — there were no fiddles back in Roman times. This piece was first published on Independent Australia. Nero is, however, reported to have sung a song about the sacking of Troy while watching as 70 per cent of Rome…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

September 18, 2017

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Safeguard our oceans, Climate Impacts, Great Barrier Reef, Scott Reef, Western Australia, Scott Morrison, Adani

Politicians politic while the Reef burns

A war of words erupted yesterday between Queensland and Australian Government Ministers over who had done more to keep the Great Barrier Reef off the World Heritage ‘in danger’ list following the UNESCO Committee’s decision on Wednesday. A war of words erupted yesterday between Queensland and Australian Government Ministers over who had done more to…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

July 7, 2017

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Great Australian Bight, Safeguard our oceans, Fossil Fuels, Climate and Energy, Climate Impacts, Great Barrier Reef, Scott Reef, Western Australia, Victoria, Scott Morrison, Adani

Fracking blackmail will take us down a time tunnel to nowhere land

Fracking is a loaded word. When it is spoken people see images of lit cigarette lighters next to water taps with pops of flame jumping from the flowing liquid. Burning rivers, water contamination and mystery illnesses. It’s an unpopular word, an ugly word. Only fitting for an ugly, destructive practice. Originally published on The…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

July 3, 2017

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Fossil Fuels, Climate and Energy, Archive, Climate Impacts, Great Barrier Reef, Fiji, Pacific Islands, Climate Justice, Scott Reef, Western Australia, Scott Morrison, South Australia, Donald Trump, Sustainable Fishing

Australia going dark on climate change

The Australian government is choosing to remain silent on climate change in the hope that it can fly under the radar. The Australian government is choosing to remain silent on climate change in the hope that it can fly under the radar. This week we saw Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the helm of…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

May 11, 2017

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Government can’t afford to turn blind eye to climate change

Press release – 9 May, 2017Tuesday May 9, 2017: The Turnbull government has continued to ignore climate change and the need to fund renewable energy at a time when the country is demanding leadership on the most serious threat of our age, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says.Released tonight by Federal Treasurer, Scott Morrison, the 2017 Budget…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

May 8, 2017

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Great Australian Bight, Fossil Fuels, Safeguard our oceans, Archive, Lord Howe Rise, Scott Reef, Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, NSW

6 JAWsome shark facts!

Do sharks make you think of the theme music from Jaws and shark nets at the beach? A whale shark photographed from above in Cenderawasih Bay National Park, Indonesia. Do sharks make you think of the theme music from Jaws and shark nets at the beach? It’s Shark Week – the perfect time to bust…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

August 11, 2014

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Fossil Fuels, Archive, Great Barrier Reef, Scott Reef, Western Australia

Twitter responds to #AustraliansForCoal

When the Australian Minerals Council launched their million-dollar pro-coal advertising campaign yesterday, Australians for Coal, they weren’t expecting this. They were trying to build a movement of people committed to supporting good ol’ fashioned coal to power Australia’s energy needs for the next 100 years and beyond. But the Internet had better ideas. The public response…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

April 15, 2014

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Protestors take ANZ’s AGM by storm, highlighting fossil fuel investment risks

Press release – 17 December, 2013BRISBANE, 18 DECEMBER: Shareholders and bank executives will be left in no doubt about the bank’s position as number one financer of coal mines in Australia and its position as the world’s 19th largest climate offender as they made their way into the bank’s AGM today through a group of…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

December 16, 2013

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Attacks on workers and environment more proof MCA terminally out of touch

Stop laughing! There’s nothing funny about climate change

Politicians politic while the Reef burns

Fracking blackmail will take us down a time tunnel to nowhere land

Australia going dark on climate change

Government can’t afford to turn blind eye to climate change

6 JAWsome shark facts!

Twitter responds to #AustraliansForCoal

Protestors take ANZ’s AGM by storm, highlighting fossil fuel investment risks

#Scott Reef

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